December was all about End of Year lists so there was still lots of music I didn’t feature on the site last month. Most of it, you’ll find below… The 30 tracks: Tev’n – ‘Callous Heart’ Marika Hackman – ‘Cinnamon’ Sunken Foal – ‘As Hot As Fresh Milk’ Chrystyne – ‘Time Is An Arrow’ St…. Read more »

Here are the first results of the Readers’ Poll showing your favourite gigs, videos, EPs, international albums and remixes of 2013. Thanks for all the votes. Albums and songs results to follow. Artwork by Fatti Burke. Readers’ favourite Irish gigs David Byrne and St. Vincent (Electric Picnic) Sigur Ros (The 02) The National (Cork, Live… Read more »

Artwork by Fatti Burke. Of all the annual Best Of Lists, top tracks is the most fun to compile. You’ll find my 100 favourite songs of the year below and playlists come in three flavours: Youtube, Spotify and Soundcloud. Capping this at 100 was hard but then that’s what the blog is for. Check out… Read more »

Artwork by Fatti Burke. Here it is. My top 50 favourite albums of the year counting down. There’s a Spotify playlist available for it all but click down to get some context for each album from 21 to 1. Top 100 songs of the year tomorrow. Spotify Best Albums of 2013 playlist 50. Omar Souleyman… Read more »

All City Records have put out their end of year mix courtesy of DJ Tu-ki featuring 39 tracks that made their year including the likes of MachineDrum, Madlib/Freddie Gibbs, Lapalux, Pusha T, Mano Le Tough, FKA Twigs, Frank B, Laszlo Dancehall, El-P / Killer Mike, Laurel Halo, Addison Groove, Special Request and more. It’s a… Read more »